December 30, 2024 Imagine Highlights from John Kempf’s podcast As I listened to this podcast I started to Imagine for 2025. What an exciting concept to imagine a farm that serves more people, many of them of limited income, a place where all are welcome to come and learn and work and eat and commune, […]
December 23, 2024 The Beautiful Dark Time And here it is already on the upswing. But the last two weeks before the Solstice have moved from a time of depression and sadness for me (now many decades in the past) to a time of rest, reflection, schmaltzy Christmas movies watched with Jack, wonderful staff annual […]
December 16, 2024 New Winds Blowing at MHOF Jack and I have been in conversation for awhile with Marissa and Drew about the possibility of them taking over the pond field garden next season, in order to launch their farming venture on some fertile soil. I have needed an excuse to cut back on production […]
December 9, 2024 Stepping It Up This past week I took my yearly sojourn to Northampton (in the middle of that awful snowstorm, none-the-less) to visit my eye doctor of 18 years, Theresa Ruggiero, who specializes in people with “special” eye concerns – in my case, albinism, crossed-eyes, non-binocular vision, and low, somewhat uncorrectable (by […]
December 2, 2024 Many Hands Organic Farm and Sustainability Center Annual Letter Dear Friends of the Many Hands Sustainability Center, This year has been our best in many ways. The wonderful weather resulted in abundant early pollination for our fruit trees, longer frost-free seasons for our vegetables, and drier fields for our pastured animals. The unplanned […]